Scottish Gaelic word

cat

cat (Felis catus)

nounmasculine

cat means “cat (Felis catus)” in Scottish Gaelic and is used as a noun.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	cat
Sèimheachadh	chat

Tha cat geal aice.

She has a white cat.

Tha cat is cù agam. Tha an cat dubh agus tha an cù geal.

I have a cat and a dog. The cat is black and the dog is white.

Cha shoirbh triubhas a chur air cat.

It's not easy to put breeches on a cat.

Tha cat is cù agam. Tha an cat dubh agus tha an cù geal.

I have a cat and a dog. The cat is black and the dog is white.

Cha shoirbh triubhas a chur air cat.

It's not easy to put breeches on a cat.

Animals

adharc

horn (growth on an animal's head)

beach

bee

beathach

beast, brute, animal

bradan

salmon

buaile

enclosure, fold, sheepfold, pen (animal enclosure, particularly for sheep or cattle)

bò

cow

caora

sheep

cearc

hen

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